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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:06 PM Original message |
NOBODY is to blame for the Walmart death |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. It will be simple to demonstrate to a jury that this accident was foreseeable, and that Wal Mart was |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thank you. n/t |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. It has been years coming |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. That is a beautiful illustration in your sig line. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
62. The pouting republican |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Looks just like a Puglian I know! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Wal-mart has insurance, but as we throw in jail the man who gives the first punch |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. It wasn't an accident -- Wal-Mart is legally liable |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Thank you. n/t |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. I blame the difficult economic situation that alot of folks are in... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. That's what I originally thought, too. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. People really hurting in this economy were NOT in this line! |
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PetrusMonsFormicarum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Blame or no |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. People expect to not get trampled at places of commerce. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Exactly. n/t |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. Who could have predicted that shoppers would bust down the door to get to a "door-buster special"? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. You mean they couldn't have predicted the stampede that happens EVERY YEAR? |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Negilgent homicide anyone? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The woman did not miscarry. |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Oh, well that's good. |
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oldnslo (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. But if she does..... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I don't think the store manager is responsible. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
68. Cool video |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. And how many people have been trampled to death over the years? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. 96 in Sheffield England, 1989. 11 in Cincinnati, 1974. And many others. n/t |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
59. Yeah, but the Cinci thing was a Stones concert |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. what a stunning lack of common sense you possess |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. "It is physically impossible to stop a surging crowd." Which is why most venues have crowd control. |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Unless its a death by natural causes, somebody is ALWAYS to blame |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. I've been trying to counter the blame-the-crowd crowd with the same argument, |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. It reminds me of all the people who ... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Someone in that crowd made the decision to push other people. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. And you can tell who they are by their look. n/t |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. No, I can not tell who they were, but my point was not about punishment. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. It's a lesson they should have learned by now... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Walmart and any expert in crowd control certainly could've predicted it would happen |
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oldnslo (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. Some effing accident |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Please read some info on crowd control. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. This case is a slam dunk. They are going to sue the crap out of Wal-Mart.. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. Nobody foresaw anyone flying planes into the World Trade Center. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. you've never worked at wal-mart |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. when you have unsafe conditions that existed |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. Offering deals on understocked items |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. Nonsense. Some selfish assholes started pushing and started this. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. I posted some links about crowd control in post #17 above. n/t |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I've read dozens of links about crowd control. The lack of crowd control |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Did you click on the Hillsborough link? n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. LOL |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. LOL |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. the stupidity on DU sometimes amazes me more than that of the Freak Republic |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
43. Sometimes shit just happens |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Based on the actions and statements of the shoppers when they KNEW somone was killed,, |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. That's exactly what I am saying (nm) |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
45. "Walmart could not have predicted a stampede that would result in a death." - OK, Condaleezza |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. NOBODY is to blame for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory deaths |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
49. Walmart & those who trampled him are to blame and it could have been prevented. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
51. You're wrong. Walmart is to blame. |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
53. What a joke. |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
55. Some are convinced flow charts could have prevented the tragedy. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. "Some people"? Who? Who said anything about a flow chart? |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
57. Wal Mart could have easily predicted it |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
58. Crowd control devices like steel barricades and retractable stanchions are a longtime industry. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
60. Wasn't the vic a WalMart employee? No lawsuit. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
61. It's called "five minute hate." |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
64. Why is it that I always disagree with your posts? |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Are you conservative? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Strange, ain't it? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Not you, too? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
66. WalMart could have predicted people would push and be unruly and have crowd control. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. Walmart is to blame. They did NOT have adequate police there. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
71. Agreed |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
72. Nobody tortured anybody either and Iraq's full of WMD! |
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